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The Moscow Candidate - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Treyarch has fast become the superior of the CoD developers in terms of game design and narrative quality. I.e. None of the IW games have the thematic depth, nor braveness of World at War. Black Ops 1 had the balls to take far more narrative risks than most mainstream games.

Okay guys it's morning before breakfast so imma break this up for you quick:
- Treyarch sucks, they try to copy what IW did a game earlier but mostly fail at it
- WaW was only good because it had weapon variation and limited spawns

Cod fish & chips are cheaper than the halibut version for a reason

Cod is Activison's answer to the FIFA series minus a decent soundtrack.

Cod: Bloops was mandatory playing at a few parties and I couldn't stand it. It's weird because playing Goldeneye 64, which is functionally the same yet over a decade older, was loads of fun. But as soon as everyone switched to Blops I like got the hives!

I never tried the singleplayer part of Blops. Is it actually worth checking out?

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Huzzah, dubstep. I muted the video but from what I saw it's almost got a Battlefield 2142 aesthetic there. I definitely like that they're not doing another completely contemporary setting with this one.

The big question is if they'll even try, just try, to shake up the dead horse on-rails shooting gallery gameplay.

Still, I would give Treyarch points if they put a little thought into moving the series in a slightly different direction. I hope they move further into sci-fi territory and maybe even come up with some new players or global blocs, instead of the usual US and sidekick UK versus terrorists (Russians, Iranians, Arabs, Africans, Chinese, South Americans, Earthers, Martians, etc).

Woah, just noticed they used clips of an interview of Colonel North in one of their promo videos. *sniff* God bless America.

No, sorry. Since we upgraded the engine to use DirectX11, Windows XP is no longer supported. It requires Windows Vista or later.

Will the game actually be playable on my minimum spec machine?

Absolutely. We have tested extensively on a variety of hardware and we are very confident in the performance even at the minimum specs.

What engine is used for Black Ops II?

The Black Ops II engine builds upon the Black Ops engine with a number of improvements including performance optimizations, enhanced graphics, and proprietary anti-cheat technology.

What performance optimizations have you introduced for Black Ops II?

Performance has been a top priority for Black Ops II PC from day one and we have achieved significant improvements. We’ve improved the way the engine handles multiple threads. Additionally, we moved the engine from DX9 to DX11. The DX11 API is leaner than DX9 and requires less CPU time to do the same amount of work. It is important to point out that this benefits the entire range of supported GPUs, not just DX11 hardware. We have also added more “quality vs performance” options than ever before so you can customize your experience to either run faster or to satisfy your taste in eye candy.

You mentioned enhanced graphics for the PC version. Can you tell us more about that?

Black Ops II PC features enhanced lighting, shadows, antialiasing, bloom, depth of field, ambient occlusion, and other enhanced effects that are still in the works. And the game can run at higher resolutions and higher framerates on the PC.

Will there be a framerate cap?

No. Unless you want one. We have included an adjustable FPS cap slider in the game options. The minimum setting is OFF (no cap).